Finger ring



June'l6, 1925.' 1,542,345

D. G. HAY

' FINGER RING Filed Sept. 21. 1922 IN VENTOR 0,4 1/10 6. HA)

BY ATTORNEY Patented June 16, 1925. a i

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FINGER nine; Application filed September 21, 1922. Serial No. 589,574.

To all whom it may concern: indicates the crown portion and 11 the shank Be it known that DAVID GpHnr, citizen of the ring embodying my invention there of the United States, residing at Chicago, illustrated. 12 indicates the setting which in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, may be of any desired ornamental design has invented certain new and useful Imfor receiving the diamond or solitaire 13. 60

provements in Finger Rings, of which the The crown portions of engagement rings, f ll i i a ifi ati as heretofore made, have projected adjacent This invention relates to finger rings. the point where the shank meets the crown More particularly, it is directed to engagebeyond the shank portion, so that when a t rings wedding ring of corresponding size is placed 65 Considerable inconvenience and annoyon the finger in juxta-position to the engageance has resulted from constructions of en-' ment ring, the wedding ring could not fit gagement rings heretofore made when a snugly against the engagement ring but was wedding ring is worn together with the entilted away therefrom adjacent the crown gagement ring, by reason of the fact that portion by reason of said projecting por- 7 v the formerdoes not fit snugly against the tions of the crown. V latter but is spaced therefrom by project- In the present construction, I preferably ing portionsof the engagement ring, such shape the lower portion of the crown so as as of the crown portion thereof. Furtherto taper. or to be inclined or curved conmore, the combined wedding and engagecavely from a point such as 14 above'the 75 p ment rings have not given a neat and ornashank toward the point as at 15 where the mental appearance on the finger, there being shank commences. The tapering or inclined a more or less unequal space between the portions 16, 16 are preferably made symtwo rings. metrical with the shank so as to provide a' One object, therefore, of this invention is neat construction, and so that the wedding 80 to provide an engagement ring of such conring may be 'worn on either. side of the struction as to permit a wedding ring to shank. The wedding ring 17 as shown in be worn on the same finger therewith so Fig. 2, by reason of this construction, fits as to fit'snugly thereagainst and give a comsnugly against the shank and under the inbined neat and ornamental appearance when clined portion 16, 16", of the crown, without worn together. 1 any space therebetween to mar the continu- Other objects of this invention will in my and ornamental appearance of the two art b b i u and in rt; her inaft r rings when worn together, and the combined oi t d t, effect of the two rings 18 both comfortable The invention accordingly consists in the to the wearer and affords a neat and harfeatures of construction, combinations of monious finger ornament. elements and arrangement of parts which It will thus be seen that there is provided will be exemplified in the construction herea device in which the several objects of this inafter described and of which the scope of invention are achieved and which is well application will be indicated in the followadapted to meet the conditions of practical ing claim. use.

In the accompanying drawing, in which As various possible embodiments might is shownone of various possible illustrative be made of the above invention, and as embodiments of this invention, various changes might be made in the em- 45 Fig. 1 is a face view, on an enlarged scale, bodiment above set forth, it is to be under- I of an engagement ring embodying this instood that all matter herein set forth or vention; w shown in the accompanying drawings is to Fig. 2 is a transverse crosssectional view be interpreted as illustrative and not in out along line 22 of Fig. 1 showinga wedlimiting sense. ding ring in place fitting snugly against the Having thus described my invention, I engagement ring; and claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Fig. 3 is a transverse cross-sectional view Patent of the rin shown in Fig. 1 taken along line A ring comprising a complete annular 33 of said figure. shank of the same cross-sectional size and Ref r in i e l t he a g 9 S n gh ut an h v n s de urfaces 1 lying in parallel planes, and a crown setting permanently secured only at a portion of the outer curved peripheral surface of the annulus, and having the bottom portions of said crown setting projecting outwardly and away from a central axis through said annulus 1n opposlte directions beyond the side surfaces of the shank to permit the abutment of a plain hand ring against either 1 side of the shank throughout its entire i surface. In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

DAVID G. HAY. 

